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December 2, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs and Larissa Stünkel, a Research Fellow at ISDP’s China Center, participated in a panel discussion at Charles University in Prague on December 1, 2022. The panel discussion on “EU, India and Taiwan: Emerging Geo-Political Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific” was […]

December 2, 2022: Bo-jiun Jing, a Research Fellow at ISDP’s China Center and Asia Program, was quoted in an analysis by Thompson Chau in Nikkei Asia on Taiwan after the elections. Tsai, who cannot run for a third term in 2024 because of term limits, “risks being a lame-duck president sooner than expected,” commented Bo-jiun […]

December 2, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, participated in the Brussels Indo-Pacific Forum (November 29, 2022), organized by the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) of the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG). The Brussels Indo-Pacific Forum aims to provide a unique platform for experts and policymakers to […]

November 28, 2022: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Director, was interviewed by Aftonbladet about Kim Jong Un presenting his daughter again. Kim Jong Un’s daughter has been given a prominent role in North Korea’s news coverage for two weekends in a row. Niklas Swanström explains that Kim Jong-Un presents his daughter in the news coverage to portray […]

November 25, 2022: This episode of Japanpodden focuses on Tokyo in rapid change, with old buildings being demolished and exciting new areas and buildings springing up, as well as Japan’s defense budget. Japanpodden is a Swedish-language podcast about everything related to Japan. The editors are Göran Edman, Hans Rhodiner, Lars Vargö, the Head of the […]

November 24, 2022: Mats Engman, a Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP, was invited by the South Korean Ministry of Unification to give a presentation on the “DMZ Global Forum 2022” which was held on Monday, November 21. Mats Engman’s presentation was titled “Reduction of tension in the DMZ and resolution of conflicts through the promotion […]

November 22, 2022: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Director, was interviewed in TV4 on North Korea’s many missile tests this year and the reactions they cause. “It creates a huge instability, and a way for North Korea to exploit the situation,” explains Niklas Swanström in the interview. He also says the tests are part of the long-term […]

ISDP is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Bo-jiun Jing as a Research Fellow at ISDP’s Asia Program and Stockholm China Center. He recently passed his Ph.D. viva (defense) in International Political Economy at King’s College London. He is also a member of the 2022 Chatham House-Korea Foundation Next Generation Policy Expert Network and […]

November 21, 2022: Niklas Swanström, ISDP’s Executive Director, was interviewed by Svenska Dagbladet on North Korea’s latest missile tests and the uncertainty that these tests cause. “This is worrying given the global uncertainty, with an ongoing war in Ukraine and a growing conflict in Taiwan. North Korea’s actions are like pouring napalm on an open […]

November 18, 2022: Jagannath Panda, Head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, was interviewed in Nowa Konfederacja on India as a non-aligned power in the New Cold War. India is a non-aligned power; this move not only protects its own varied relations (as seen with India-Russia ties and even India-China bilateral) […]